As the wireless admin of my colleges campus (They were lazy and instead of hardwiring the dorms completely, just put in wireless access points, ie: I spend all day, everyday (Well, almost)installing wireless cards.)
ANY 802.11b card will work. I currently don't a have a preferance, they all seem to work the same. Furthermore the software utilities are pretty much identical (on occasion you'll see something slightly diffent, but nor much) between manufacters. just remember one key thing: ALWAYS INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE FIRST! not that it's abig deal if you don't, but if he;s running XP, Xp will try to control the device (especially if it's a Linksys product) and it doesn't work as well. you can do a post hardware install software install but if the above is true it can be mind boggling trying to get windows to let go (actually that's not true, you just have to go into the network setting for the device and uncheck a box that reads (allow windows to control device).
ANY 802.11b card will work. I currently don't a have a preferance, they all seem to work the same. Furthermore the software utilities are pretty much identical (on occasion you'll see something slightly diffent, but nor much) between manufacters. just remember one key thing: ALWAYS INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE FIRST! not that it's abig deal if you don't, but if he;s running XP, Xp will try to control the device (especially if it's a Linksys product) and it doesn't work as well. you can do a post hardware install software install but if the above is true it can be mind boggling trying to get windows to let go (actually that's not true, you just have to go into the network setting for the device and uncheck a box that reads (allow windows to control device).